Re: [PATCH v2] osxkeychain: define build targets in the top-level Makefile.

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> On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com> wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > Homebrew picked this patch on top of 2.53.0, and on a recent build on
> > older macOS I needed to
> >
> >     mkdir contrib/credential/osxkeychain/.depend
> >
> > in order to make their build work, since otherwise:
> >
> >     error: error opening
> > 'contrib/credential/osxkeychain/.depend/git-credential-osxkeychain.o.d':
> > No such file or directory
> >     1 error generated.
> >     make[1]: ***
> > [contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.o] Error 1
>
> I tried to reproduce this using the current Homebrew formula for git [1]
> on macOS 15.7.4 and 14.8.4 (both relatively newer) with the following
> steps:
>
>   brew tap --force homebrew/core
>   cd "$(brew --repository homebrew/core)"
>   git checkout -B main origin/main
>   git pull
>   HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1 brew reinstall --build-from-source git
>
> In my environment, the build finished successfully. The patch doesn't
> seem to trigger any issues during a local "make" either. How exactly are
> you performing your build?
>
> [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/9ec3da0dcd3ccd1cd4d892a71377b251770212d7/Formula/g/git.rb